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Wire: Tense, Nervous, Headache

Keith Cameron, MOJO, April 2006

Combining art school sensibilities and musical inability, Wire rejected punk's pub-rock posturings for driving minimalism, fewer chords and no guitar solos. With the reissue of their first three masterpieces, Keith Cameron meets the eloquent gentlemen behind the steely battleplan.

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